Improvement in umbrellas



` the tip-cup, having a slotted tube attached,

, the umbrella, and, by means of its sliding slotso as to connect thetwo, as shown.

, UNITED S'rnrrEs 'rElv'r OFFICE.

THOMAS G. HOJER, -OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT l Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. E

December To all 'whom it may concern Beit known that I, THOMAS G. HoJER,of the city of New York, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Umbrellas;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had t theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters ot reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the parts when the umbrella is open orraised. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the parts, showing the manner ofreleasing the supportingspring when the umbrella is to be closed, andFig. 3 is a plan view of the parts when the umbrella is closed, and thecap adjusted upon the tips of the ribs, and Fig. 4 is a planview, withportions broken away to show aspiral or modified form of the slot in thesleeve. f

The object of ny invention is to combine with the runner provided with alug, in such manner that the cup may be used to secure or release thetips of the ribs at pleasure, may also travel with-the ruimer in openingted tube attached, be used to release the spring that supports therunner when the umbrella is up or opened.

In the drawings, A represents the stick of an umbrella, E the ribs. andF the braces. In the stick, a supporting-spring, lg; is .inserted in theordinary mannerand upon it, in the usual way, the runner B, with itsbraces F, is placed. At a short distance below the terminus of the slota in the runner, and in line with it, a lug, b, is attached, as clearlyshown in all the figures.

The cup C for securing and releasing the tips of the ribs is made in theusual manner, as shown. It has attached a tube, D, provided with `\aslot, having short` slots d and f at either end, and running at rightangles with it, as clearly shown in. all the figures. The tube Dis justlarge enough to slide freely upon the runner B and its slot e, of therequisite size to admit kthe lug b through it,

N UMBRELLAS.

92,119, dated June 19, 1877 application led 21, 1876.

- When the parts are thus constructed and arranged the operation is asfollows:

Supposing the umbrella to be closed, the

parts are in the position shown in Fig. 3-

that is, the tip-cup is upon or over the tips of left, when the lug willengage with the short' slot d at the upper end of the slot e, and thenraise the umbrella by sliding the cap and runner together up the stickuntil the spring g projects through the slot a, in the runner, as shownin Fig.-l.

To Aclose the umbrella, turn the cup, with its tube, to the right till"the lug` is released, then push it forward, when the tube will compressthe spring g, as shown in Fig. 2, and thus release the runner, when theumbrella may be closed, and the parts all be adjusted again, as shown inFig. 3.

Instead of having the slot e in the form shown in Figs. l, 2,.and 3, itmay be made in the spiral form shown in the sleeve D at c in Fig. 4,tandthe tipcup, instead of being at the lower end, may be at or near the.middle ofthe sleeve, as shown in the same figure. When theslot is madethus spiral `in form a small lug, d', is attached to the sleeve, tolimit the sleeve in its movement, and also to hold it in position whenmoved up or down.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- In combination withan umbrella-runner and an umbrella tip-cup fastener, a lug', b, at-

tached to the former, and a slotted tube or sleeve, D, attached to thelatter, constructed and arranged substantially as herein described, andfor the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence'of two witnesses.

THOMAS e. EOJEE.v

Witnesses Guns. SOHAFFNER, J. GHRIs. GoETz.

